My water broke at 11:30pm March 14 and we were so excited that this was finally it! We checked into the hospital about 2:45am after showering and getting a few last minute things done at the house. When we got there, I was only dilated to 1cm and was having some contractions, but not very strong ones. They had us walk the halls for a while to get things moving. About 5am they started me on a low dose of pitocin to help make my contractions stronger. By about 9am, I was in a lot of pain with each contraction and ready for my epidural. Once that was in, I felt much better and was able to relax a bit. Adam and I hadn't slept since the previous night and kept trying to catch a nap all day but were too excited and nervous to sleep. Around 4pm, I was dilated to 8cm. When the doctor checked me, he found that our little one was posterior (her head was facing the ceiling rather than the floor) which is not a favorable position for birth. He attempted to turn her, which she apparently did not like. She began having prolonged heart rate decelerations. After many attempts at getting her rate back up with me changing positions and wearing oxygen, etc, it was decided that for both my safety and hers, they needed to do a c-section. Within minutes we were out the door and in the OR. It was the scariest moment of mine and Adam's lives! Once we got back there, her heart rate stabilized so they decided to monitor me before doing anything. To make a long story short, it didn't take long for our little stinker to cause trouble again and we all decided to get her out via cesarean before it became an emergency.
Adam was able to sit near my head during the surgery which was very comforting. The anesthesiologists were great and made sure that I was comfortable and didn't feel a thing. A short time after they started cutting, they held up our precious baby girl for us to see. Adam and I started crying when we saw her; we were both so happy to have her here safe and healthy. Adam went over to watch them clean her up and check her out and then he brought her over to meet me.
We already had a name picked out for her and felt like it fit as soon as we saw her. We named her Marin after Marin County, CA (just north of San Francisco-- the location of some of our favorite places like the Marin Headlands and Muir Woods). We have already realized that people will be saying her name wrong all of her life, so to help everyone out it is pronounced muh-rin. Her middle name, Rae, is a short name for "Rachel".
Welcome to the world Marin!
Meeting my sweet baby girl!
Proud papa!
Happiest parents in the world!
So cute!
Marin is already so loved! Her great grandparents, grandparents, aunts, and uncle all think she's pretty cute :)
Great Grandma Diane and Auntie Pat
Great Grandpa Tom and Great Grandma Shirley
Great Grandma Betty and Grandma Mary
Great Grandma Betty and Grandma Mary
Grandpa Mark and Grandma Cris
Auntie Val and Uncle Brent
Auntie Mel and Auntie Angie
They kept us in the hospital for 3 nights and we were finally able to go home on March 18. Adjusting to life as new parents has been exciting, interesting, and challenging, but we are so in love with our baby girl that it is all totally worth it :)
I love to snuggle with my girl!
She already has daddy wrapped around her little finger!
Tummy time.
We love to get out and go for walks!
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